Kamarkat recipe | Kamarkattu | Coconut jaggery balls-How to make-Step by step photos & video

Cuisine Style: South India | Cooking Time: 10 minutes | To Serve: 8 | Type: Sweet, Festival special sweet

Many of us would not have heard of this term, Kamarkattu. This is Tamilnadu Traditional Sweet. Yes we can call it as an Indian Sweet for you convenience. Only two ingredients - Grated coconut & Jaggery make this sweet so yummy & tasty. Lot of patience and keen interest needed to make this recipe. After couple of attempts you could also become the expert in making this Indian Chocolate.

“Dad, I want ‘Diary Milk’ Chocolate” – I am not surprised to listen to this dialogue but I got bored. Just lost in my old memories and was thinking what I ate when was a small boy. Those days there were no these many varieties of chocolates. Only once I tasted chocolate and that too my uncle had bought it from US. The remaining school days gone with ‘MGR Mittai’, “Elantha Vadai’, ‘Kalkona’,’Sooda Mittai’, ‘Then Mittai’, ‘Jav Mittai’ and the last but not least and my favourite one the ‘Kammar Kattu’. I wanted to offer this sweet to my son. I was eager to see his reaction. I went to my favourite outer premises of my old school. I was glad to see the same lady (now granny) and asked her if she could offer the same Kammar Kattu.

She was the one who used to sell these items nearby my school. She replied “No” with sad. I returned home with empty hand. Then I wanted to give a try to make this sweet. I attempted. I tried. I failed. Finally as you would expect I succeeded. It had come out really well almost 99% out of what I expected.

I gently offered this to my son “Hey taste this new Indian Chocolate” He took and started chewing and closed his eyes for some times and said “Woooowwww”.

I am happy that one of my favourite sweets has transferred to the next generation.

Now celebrate happiest moments with Kamarkat.

Now I am bringing back my friends olden glorious memories with Kamarkattu. I offered more than 1000 Kammar Kattu to my friends, relatives and colleagues.

Here are the answers when I asked what was this sweet.

“’Hey’ Sridhar, I know this sweet yar...I was tasting the same flavor when walking on the river bank......hmmmmm...Yes it is Kammar kattu”

“Yes Sridhar, I know...I used to get it in a small shop nearby my school..... Kamarkattu”

“‘Kulumaye’ granny used to sell this near my home...yes...I get one for 5 Paisa...its Kamarkattu”

Almost all found what it was. All lost in their old memories. They became kids for some time.

Wait for more punch and fun.

Ingredients

• Coconut – ¼ cup [grated]
• Jaggery [Gud, Vellam]– 1 cup
• Rice flour – 2 tbsp [for coating]
• Water – 4 tbsp

Method

• Dry roast coconut.
• Heat pan, melt jaggery with 4 tbsp of water. Stir continuously till ‘hard ball’ consistency.
• Cut off heat, add coconut mix well. Stir for a minutes.
• Using spoon, place each tbsp mixture on rice flour coated plate and let it cool.
• Then make round shape, leave it for 20 min.
• Once its ready, store in an airtigh contianer use with in one month

How to make kamarkat /Thengai vellam mittai video

How to make Kamarkat- Stepwise pictures[Instant& Quick]

Heat pan, add coconut

Dry roast till light brown

Roasted coconut ready, cut off heat

Heat pan add jaggery

Add water, let it melt

Now its ready, cook till hard ball consistency

Check jaggery consistency using water [hard ball consistency-pour drop of jaggery, you can make hard balls]

Now its ready

Add coconut, cut off heat

Mix well

Divide the mixture into equal size balls,sprinkle rice flour to avoid sticking

Shape kamarkattu

Delicious kamarkattu ready, store in an airtight container use within one month